Everett’s Paine Field airport adds Seattle to its name in rebrand
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal When travelers search for flights to the Puget Sound area, they’ll now find two airports with Seattle in their name. That’s because Snohomish County’s Paine Field airport has changed its name to Seattle Paine Field International Airport as it aims to widen its brand awareness and help visitors
Sea-Tac Airport has billions in projects planned. Here’s where the money’s going.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has cut the ribbon on nearly $2 billion worth of major capital projects in the last two years, but much more remains on its to-do list. The airport is looking ahead to another roughly $5 billion in updates through 2027. That’s in an effort to manage what’s now elevated demand throughout the
Thought leader forum: The future of logistics
Alitheon and the Port of Seattle, in partnership with the Puget Sound Business Journal, sponsored a recent roundtable discussion about the future of logistics, which is vital to the region’s economy. PSBJ President and Publisher Don Baker moderated a panel with Roei Ganzarski, CEO, Alitheon; and David McFadden, Managing Director, Economic Development Division, Port of
Boeing Field eyes plan that could relieve cargo congestion at Sea-Tac
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Jun 15, 2023 Listen to this article 3 min Private airline services companies have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the development of King County International Airport — Boeing Field in the past several years. Now the airport is launching its own planning effort to meet the forecast for rising
Alaska Airlines underway on ‘single largest construction project’ in its history
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) is underway on over a half-billion dollars’ worth of improvements at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that will alter the way passengers check into their flights. The project, dubbed SEA Gateway, is the single largest construction project in Alaska’s history, said Shane Jones, vice president of
Seattle’s 5 largest tech employers agree: It’s return-to-office time
When several hundred Seattle Amazon.com Inc. employees staged a walkout on May 31, it was in part over the company’s stricter return-to-office policy that went into effect at the beginning of May. Its requirement that employees work in the office three days a week meant Amazon’s 65,000-employee local corporate and tech workforce have had to resume
Boeing expands ecoDemonstrator program with 787 aircraft
The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) added a new airplane to its ecoDemonstrator flying testbed program to target specific technologies on trans-Pacific flights. The program, which is run out of Paine Field and uses the Everett-made 777 aircraft, will continue to test an array of technologies on its primary aircraft, a 777-200ER. This year, those tests
Aviation biofuel scales from demonstration to production
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 18, 2023 Listen to this article 6 min Sustainable aviation fuels are reaching an inflection point in Washington state, with mounting public and private sector investments to encourage large-scale production. Airline users have snapped up every drop of SAF they could get their hands on in
Latest Boeing 737 Max issue expected to delay plans to increase production
By Marissa Nall – Reporter, Puget Sound Business Journal Apr 16, 2023 The latest production flaw affecting The Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) Renton-made 737 Max line appears likely to hinder its plans to ramp up production of the jet, dealing a blow to the company and its Puget Sound-area suppliers. The issue, which surfaced last week, involves two of eight